$1,500 Award for Best Children's Story of the Month

If you have an unpublished children's story, you can submit it to Smories.com.

We are offering a £1,000 (US$1,500) prize for the best story submitted each month. The current competition closes 31 March 2010. You can submit it from anywhere in the world. Submission is free.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Not be longer than 1,000 (one thousand) words.Text only, in English.Must be fiction for children from 3 to 8 years old.Poetry & rhyming stories may also be submitted.You must be the writer or owner of the copyright.A maximum of two stories per writer per month can be submitted.Typos, syntax and grammatical errors will prejudice your chances of selection.No redrafts accepted. Final versions only.

SELECTION PROCESS

05 Apr 2010: We will announce a list of the 50 stories we like best. These 50 stories will then be filmed being read aloud by children.01 May 2010: The completed films will be posted online simultaneously.31 May 2010: The story receiving the highest number of views over the preceding 30 days will win the prize.

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Send inquiries or announcements (writing jobs, competitions, calls for submissions, etc.) to info@writersafrika.org. IMPORTANT: We do not post calls for magazine articles (unless paid) and competitions with no prize.

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